Interface Conversion Products
USB - Although RS-232 is a very common serial interface standard in the industrial electronics world, many computers are now being manufactured without these familiar standard ports. However, there are many USB to RS-232 conversion products available, some at very low prices.One inexpensive converter using the FTDI UC232R chip is the DLP Design DLP-UC232R-10 (10 CM with jackpost), which is offered by a number of distributors. The DLP Design web site is www.dlpdesign.com/.
One convertor based on the Prolific chip set that we have found at very low prices is the Sabrent Model SBT-USC1M (1 foot with jackpost), SBT-USC1K (1 foot with thumbscrew), SBT-USC6M (6 foot with jackpost), and SBT-USC6K (6 foot with thumbscrew), which are offered by many distributors. Sabrent's web site is www.sabrent.com.
Ethernet - Network connectivity for many hardware devices has also become popular, and many ethernet to RS-232 conversion products are available too.
RS485/422 - And for industrial control situations that use RS-422 or RS-485, converters to RS-232 are available.
As an added benefit some of these converters provide multiple serial ports to enable a number of devices to be connected to their own serial port.
The following is a list of companies that we recommend from which to obtain converters for connection to Industrologic RS-232 products. If you have any questions about using devices like these with Industrologic products, please feel free to call us.
- B & B Electronics, adapter/converter specialists, all types
- Quatech, 1, 2, 4, and 8 port USB and Ethernet converters
- Sealevel Systems, 1, 2, 4, and 8 port USB and Ethernet converters
- ByteRunner Technologies, 2, 4, and 8 port USB converters
- Custom Sensors, Inc., inexpensive single port converters
- USBMAX, inexpensive single port USB converters
- CompUSB, inexpensive single port USB converters
- Moxa Technologies, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 port Ethernet converters
- Data Comm for Business Inc., inexpensive single port Ethernet converters
- Audon Electronics, inexpensive single port Ethernet converters
- Comtrol, single and multiple port Ethernet to RS-232/422/485 converters
- Lantronix, single and multiple port Ethernet to RS-232/422/485 converters
- R. E. Smith, single and multiple port Ethernet to RS-485/RS-422 converters
- Antona Corp., inexpensive single port Ethernet converters
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